2020 AFC Champions League Final | |
Event: | 2020 AFC Champions League |
Team1: | Persepolis |
Team1score: | 1 |
Team2: | Ulsan Hyundai |
Team2score: | 2 |
Stadium: | Al Janoub Stadium |
City: | Al Wakrah |
Man Of The Match1a: | Sin Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)[1] |
Referee: | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[2] |
Attendance: | 8,517 |
Weather: | Mostly cloudy 24 °C (75 °F) |
Previous: | 2019 |
Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November and the second leg on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its resumption, all matches were relocated to centralised venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.[3]
Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title. As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
In the following table, the finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, and since 2003 in the AFC Champions League era.
Team | Region | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) | |
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Persepolis | West Region (Zone: CAFA) | 1 (2018) | |
Ulsan Hyundai | East Region (Zone: EAFF) | 1 (2012) |
On 16 October 2020, the AFC announced that the final would be played in Doha, Qatar.[3] This was the first Asian club competition final held at Al Janoub Stadium.
On 18 December 2020, the AFC announced that they had agreed with the Qatar Football Association to allow a limited number of fans to attend the match, which was the first match since restart of the tournament to have spectators.[4]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; *: played in Qatar after restart).
Persepolis | Round | Ulsan Hyundai | |||
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Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | |
Al-Duhail | 0–2 (A) | Matchday 1 | FC Tokyo | 1–1 (H) | |
Sharjah | 2–2 (A) | Matchday 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3–1 (*) | |
Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*) | Matchday 3 | Perth Glory | 2–1 (*) | |
Al-Taawoun | 1–0 (*) | Matchday 4 | Perth Glory | 2–0 (*) | |
Al-Duhail | 0–1 (*) | Matchday 5 | FC Tokyo | 2–1 (*) | |
Sharjah | 4–0 (*) | Matchday 6 | Shanghai Shenhua | 4–1 (*) | |
Group C winners | Final standings | Group F winners | |||
Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | |
Al-Sadd | 1–0 (*) | Round of 16 | Melbourne Victory | 3–0 (*) | |
Pakhtakor | 2–0 (*) | Quarter-finals | Beijing FC | 2–0 (*) | |
Al-Nassr | 1–1 (*) | Semi-finals | Vissel Kobe | 2–1 (*) |
The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.[5]
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